Obama Just Announced Sanctions Against 7 Russian 'Cronies'http://www.businessinsider.com/crimea-vote-referendum-sanctions-obama-putin-2014-3/comments
en-usWed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500Fri, 09 Dec 2016 12:14:58 -0500Brett LoGiuratohttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/5327c92569beddff152742a6mimi13Tue, 18 Mar 2014 00:18:45 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5327c92569beddff152742a6
Seriously? Sanctioning 11 people? Yes, it's 11, not 7. Get your facts straight. But, really. This is less than a slap on the wrist. I am sure Iran is quaking in its boots, knowing the kind of punishment you get from the US once you violate international law, or one of the US's allies. Remember, Ukraine gave up nukes for a promise of US protection of its territorial integrity. Russia promised its territorial integrity. START treaty given to Russia. For what? It's almost like an Onion satire, only it's real life.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53276bcdecad04ca7fa6d9e2D. DaramcoMon, 17 Mar 2014 17:40:29 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53276bcdecad04ca7fa6d9e2
I want to see Dmitry's tweet when he finds out that his dear leadre's real name is "Russ" Putin, aka, Ivan the Fool. And his major role has been, being part of the Seven Dwarfs.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53274241eab8ea3b24a0615eInto GlassMon, 17 Mar 2014 14:43:13 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53274241eab8ea3b24a0615e
We should annihilate Russia, China, Iran and all of Palestine. Just sayin'. We'd still have enough nukes to scare the crap out of any other warlords who want to threaten us. Rambo for president!http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5327416a69beddc81a274299BrainwashedMon, 17 Mar 2014 14:39:38 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5327416a69beddc81a274299
Wow, what kind of independent thinker quotes government websites to make a point. You actually believe the lies being foisted on us by these propaganda websites? Good luck. And to quote Wikipedia as fact? Bwwaaaaahaaa ha ha....gotta do better than that. How about this: <a href="http://weeklyworldnews.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" >http://weeklyworldnews.com/</a>http://www.businessinsider.com/c/532740bf69beddb81a274299Emperor PeeWeeMon, 17 Mar 2014 14:36:47 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/532740bf69beddb81a274299
Oh wow, Putin's shaking in his boots now. Obama threatened him! OMG! With what, a beatdown by some SEIU thugs? Gimme a break, Obama's made us a laughingstock. What a yapping kook moron.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/532735716bb3f7652bbdf850regreqMon, 17 Mar 2014 13:48:33 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/532735716bb3f7652bbdf850
Obama = PUTIN's POODLE.
With the sanctions announcement made, Obama can now return to his other 'duties'.... tweeting, appearing on prescripted webtalks, and doing 'selfies'.
I voted for this guy. Twice. But he make Dumbya look like a statesman.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53271a4969bedd7e7d27429aVHMon, 17 Mar 2014 11:52:41 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53271a4969bedd7e7d27429a
OK Russia now the ball is in your court. But remember Russia and Putin how that Cuban missile thing turned out? You stand to lose again. Think it over Russia, think it over.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/532719c2eab8eac70fa06143Delta Wild ManMon, 17 Mar 2014 11:50:26 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/532719c2eab8eac70fa06143
The Russians saw this coming a week ago..
Any assets that were vulnerable were redirected before last Friday.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/532719566bb3f73248bdf84eVHMon, 17 Mar 2014 11:48:38 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/532719566bb3f73248bdf84e
Give it time. Lets see how cocky Russia is two weeks from nowhttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/532718f069beddfa7d27429bVHMon, 17 Mar 2014 11:46:56 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/532718f069beddfa7d27429b
Give it time. Let these and further sanctions start to bite Russia and Putin before you make a judgementhttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/532717a9ecad046d5ba6d9e2johnsmith012Mon, 17 Mar 2014 11:41:29 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/532717a9ecad046d5ba6d9e2
Us market is run by crooks and that is fine with me as crooks wants to make much money as possible just like mehttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/532715d2ecad04514aa6d9ebI'm confused!Mon, 17 Mar 2014 11:33:38 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/532715d2ecad04514aa6d9eb
While unelected CCP ruled China has taken over 1/2 of Asian landmass and seas, been harassing 1/2 of our treaty allies (Japan, the Philippines, S. Korea...), doubled its military arsenal in 3 years (mostly from stolen technology and Western assisted business deals), tried hard to prevent the US navy from traveling in international waters and air forces, civilian airplanes from approaching their coasts.... and here we are: declared that the undemocratic replacement of elected Ukraine government is legit (with some 5 billions US investment, of course) and the 95% yes vote of the 75% Crimea voters illegit with a joke sanction. The comparison is not even fair: Russian enslavement of 2 millions in Crimea or Chinese domination of 1+ billion in Asia?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/532714eceab8ea8972a06146TearfulMon, 17 Mar 2014 11:29:48 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/532714eceab8ea8972a06146
Obama could have de-escalated a long time ago.
He did a brave and good thing by imposing these mild sanctions.
I guess the geopolitical tit-for-tat will continue through black ops and other such tactics. The truth is that the US is fast losing influence. It didn't have to be this way if it hadn't alienated the whole world. It could have used the international law to rule the world for at least two generations. Instead, it started wrecking it in the 90s under Clinton and went too far with it under Bush II.
Obama is doing the decent thing by imposing these mild so-called sanctions. Hopefully, Putin will not annex Crimea but rather keep it as a protectorate.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5327131669bedd186827429cIan, RussMon, 17 Mar 2014 11:21:58 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5327131669bedd186827429c
These sanctions are complete joke.
Visa, and assets? Do you expect any of these people to fly to Orlando or take a sightseeing tour on the Hudson? Most of them have their assets stacked in off-shores, Swiss banks, and real estate on Lake Cuomo and South of France.
This is just another way for U.S. government to make it sound like they are in control of the situation. Some half-a-brain hears the word "Sanctions" in the media, and they feel all proud and macho for our great nation, forgetting for about 20 minutes about all the domestic issues.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5327128e6da811c808d9dac6VaughnMon, 17 Mar 2014 11:19:42 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5327128e6da811c808d9dac6
Baracky Fife must be feeling frisky this morning. Must be that bullet in his shirt pocket.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5327117869bedd4a5f2742a3TGN103Mon, 17 Mar 2014 11:15:04 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5327117869bedd4a5f2742a3
And there was a collective LOL from the seven of them.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53270c2feab8eaf75ca06147troobleMon, 17 Mar 2014 10:52:31 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53270c2feab8eaf75ca06147
Manhattanites are kinda tired of getting sniped in the real estate market by money from abroad...http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53270b006bb3f7fb16bdf84eJohn McCallMon, 17 Mar 2014 10:47:28 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53270b006bb3f7fb16bdf84e
As shown here, the rewards of taking over both Crimea and Ukraine far outweigh the potential impact of international sanctions for both Putin and Russia:
<a href="http://viableopposition.blogspot.ca/2014/03/ukraines-oil-and-natural-gas-reserves.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" >http://viableopposition.blogspot.ca/2014/03/ukraines-oil-and-natural-gas-reserves.html</a>
Putin is well aware of the relatively minimal impact that sanctions will have.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53270a1eeab8ea2554a06143Slutsky ShamingMon, 17 Mar 2014 10:43:42 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53270a1eeab8ea2554a06143
I think they're penalizing him for his name. Lena Dunham, where are you?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5327096e69bedd54442742a2PetrosTMon, 17 Mar 2014 10:40:46 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5327096e69bedd54442742a2
I pay taxes. In Canada. Citizenship-based taxation, what USA imposes on its expats abroad, is a violation of human decency. Yours is a beggar nation now.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53270832eab8ea0e47a06146tony Mon, 17 Mar 2014 10:35:30 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53270832eab8ea0e47a06146
i didnt suggest the US was the only place to invest. however, the us market is the most profitable, most stable, and most liquid in the world. personally, i think it's silly to miss out on it simply because you were a US citizen who didn't want to pay taxes on his investments like the rest of us.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53270782ecad04c41ea6d9e5sink45nyMon, 17 Mar 2014 10:32:34 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53270782ecad04c41ea6d9e5
Russian (dimitry Rogozin) Sanctioned By White House Responds On Twitter To "Comrade Obama"
Translated: "Comrade Obama, and what about those who don't have accounts or assets abroad? Or perhaps you didn't consider that."http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53270673eab8ea2347a06143Bitter LemonMon, 17 Mar 2014 10:28:03 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53270673eab8ea2347a06143
And yet not enough balls to sanction Putin himselfhttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/532706706da8116b5ad9dac6PetrosTMon, 17 Mar 2014 10:28:00 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/532706706da8116b5ad9dac6
I'm doing fine. I have my investments in my own country called Canada, mostly in real estate (which is also on a tear here, called a real estate bubble) and in Whitecap Energy, the hottest (now) intermediate oil company in Canada which today announced a 10% dividend hike. Please, divest yourself of the notion that USA is the only place to invest in the world.
I rid myself of my US citizenship in 2011 and my US investments. FATCA was already a strong reason to get my assets out of the US.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5327066becad043617a6d9eaRosettaMon, 17 Mar 2014 10:27:55 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5327066becad043617a6d9ea
BUSH IMPOSED NO I REPEAT NO ECONOMIC SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA FOR INVADING GEORGIA!!! Don't fall for the fake outrage, and think for yourself?
This is backed up by Stephen Hadley, former national security adviser under President George W. Bush
"There were two mistakes made, one by us, one by the Obama administration. We did not use economic sanctions, partly because economic sanctions are much more sophisticated than they were," said Hadley.
"And secondly, the Obama administration did the reset too soon. We should have impose economic sanctions, and that should have been allowed to isolate and hurt Russia for a longer period of time before we got back into business," said Hadley.
You can listen to Hadley saying this himself here about 4mins mark: <a href="http://thelead.blogs.cnn.com/2014/03/07/fmr-bush-national-security-adviser-we-should-have-sanctioned-russia-after-georgia-invasion/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" >http://thelead.blogs.cnn.com/2014/03/07/fmr-bush-national-security-adviser-we-should-have-sanctioned-russia-after-georgia-invasion/</a>
What Hadley conveniently leaves out is that the US and Iran enacted, or tightened economic sanctions on Iran in 2007, 2008, and 2010. Funny how nothing stopped them imposing economic sanction on Iran, but not Russia during the same time period.
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._sanctions_against_Iran" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._sanctions_against_Iran</a>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanctions_against_Iran" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanctions_against_Iran</a>
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Rosetta -- An Independent Thinkerhttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/532705126bb3f75101bdf84eBoredMon, 17 Mar 2014 10:22:10 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/532705126bb3f75101bdf84e
What a joke.
What are you going to do, take away their parking privileges?
These are the sanctions you are going to scare them with?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/532704f969bedd902a2742baTony_123456Mon, 17 Mar 2014 10:21:45 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/532704f969bedd902a2742ba
Independently of Russian action in Crimea, the region is an autonomy within Ukraine and CAN vote for separation. Although circumstances of the referendum in Crimea show that it shouldn't be valid.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/532704e8eab8ea353aa0614bBarack Hussein Obama, Eternal VictimMon, 17 Mar 2014 10:21:28 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/532704e8eab8ea353aa0614b
I cried to him after he vetoed the bill at the UN and that did nothing. What else do you want?!http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53270473ecad043c0ca6d9e2tony Mon, 17 Mar 2014 10:19:31 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53270473ecad043c0ca6d9e2
how did that work out for you? market has been on a tear.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/532704196da8111949d9dad6Tony_123456Mon, 17 Mar 2014 10:18:01 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/532704196da8111949d9dad6
Here are two things. First, when I heard "Leonid Slutsky", I thought, wow, he is being punished for coaching a CSKA "Red Army" soccer team. Apparently that is a different person. Second, believe it or not, Putin may did this whole Crimean crisis with one reason - get economical sanctions by the West and then blame the West for failed Russian economy. The thing is, in Kremlin they know of the pathetic state of economy and Putin will get the blame. And may be not get elected again. Now, the western sanctions are to blame and Putin looks good again. Plus he's got the Crimea back.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5327023869bedd962a274299FreedomRingMon, 17 Mar 2014 10:10:00 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5327023869bedd962a274299
Russia is the largest country by land mass yet pursues annexation in violation of international law. Russia historically has maintained gulags, aligns itself with the rogue nations of the world, and has subordinated every aspect of human rights.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/532701136da811f63fd9dac6LilguyMon, 17 Mar 2014 10:05:07 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/532701136da811f63fd9dac6
This is so weak it is effing embarrassing!http://www.businessinsider.com/c/532700d969beddef16274299PetrosTMon, 17 Mar 2014 10:04:09 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/532700d969beddef16274299
Barack Obama has sent a strong message to the world: The sovereign risk of investing in the United States is no longer worth it.
I pulled all my investments out of the US three years ago because of FATCA.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5326ff3f6bb3f7a461bdf863Slick WillieMon, 17 Mar 2014 09:57:19 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5326ff3f6bb3f7a461bdf863
So when do we ban them from SWIFT, and all the currency & equity markets?
When do we "Destroy the Russian rubel" as POTUS put it??
I don thin anyone should hold their breath...http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5326fe1c69bedd1c162742a0YallyohMon, 17 Mar 2014 09:52:28 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5326fe1c69bedd1c162742a0
I think we should wait for the boomerang response before popping the cork.